Central Station Roda
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Central do Brasil, 1957. Source: IBGE. Capoeira, as many people know, was…
The Roda at Zé Pedro’s
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. Mestre Zé Pedro, in a rare smile, next to Mestre Artur…
Capoeira, the transnational dialogue of bodies in motion
By Daniel Granada. Once the African-Brazilian martial art called capoeira was distant. Now it’s right…
Kapoarte Group
Geisimara Matos & Matthias Röhrig Assunção Capoeira group Kapoarte was founded 20 January 1965 by…
Black Shirt
By Antônio Luiz dos Santos Campos (Mestre Boa Alma). Miguel Camisa Preta, a nickname that…
Seven Crowns
By Rômulo Costa Mattos. The construction of the memory about Sete Coroas, the most famous…
There are women in the roda: Female empowerment in capoeira
By Letícia Vidor de Sousa Reis. Introduction We live in a country where violence against…
Muzenza Group
By Geisimara Matos & Matthias Röhrig Assunção. “Netos da Muzenza” because his students were, in…
Capoeira on the radio: André Lacé at Roquette Pinto
By Matthias Röhrig Assunção. The first radio broadcast in Brazil was aired in 1923 by…
The Senzala Group and the capoeira safeguard
By Mestre Gato (Fernando Campelo Cavalcanti de Albuquerque). The Capoeira Circle and the Capoeira Masters…